Vegetable-slicer.



B. LEWANDOWSKI.

VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I, ms.

Patented May 16, 1916.

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VEGE-TABLE-SLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1c, 1916.

7 Application filed August 31, 1915. Serial N 0. 48,312.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, BRUNO LEWANDOW- sin, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tulare, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Slicers, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in vegetable slicers by means of which onions, potatoes and like vegetables may be readily and easily sliced into any number of pieces of the desired size.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a portable device of this character, which is both novel and simple in construction, including among other features a pair of pivotally connected members capable of being folded to provide a compact article when not in use.

Another object of importance resides in the angular disposition of the knife blades, whereby only a certain number of knives sever the vegetable in successive order, so as to prevent wedging of theobject as the result of too many knives entering it at the same time.

Other objects will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein the construction, combination and arrangement of parts are fully described and illustrated.

In the drawing forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein i Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the partsextended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device folded. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail'view of one of the bracket members.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the device essentially consists of the pivoted members or frames 5 and 6 respectively, each being preferably constructed from a flat strip of suitable metal formed to provide a substantially rectangular body portion, and a reduced handle portion 7, the latter being braced by means of the cross piece 8. While the members are pivotally connected to permit folding of the device in the manner shown in Fig. 2, the member 5 in use constitutes a relatively stationary base, the parallel side members 9 of which terminate to provide an upwardly and inwardly angularly disposed offset portion 10, which are connected by means of the bar 11. The parallel sides 9 of the frame are further connected and braced at their point of juncture with the handle 7 by,

means of the transversely disposed rod 12, with which and the bar 11, the bracket is connected for supporting the vegetable td be sliced. In this particular instance the bracket consists of a pluralityof substantially L-shaped strips of metal 13 terminating at both ends to provide eyes 14, 'the eyes of said members being in alinement to receive the bar 11 at one end and the transverse rod 12 at the other end as clearly shown. The strips are disposed so that the longer limbs 15 thereof are spaced in parallel relation above the base member 5, and

the strips spaced apart the required distance to provide passages for the knife blades carried by the member 6 during the operation of the device in the manner to be presently described. Certain of the strips 7 13 are provided with upwardly extending pointed projections 16 adapted to hold the vegetable to be sliced immovably positioned upon the bracket, either by arrangin the vegetable in advance of the prongs or having the prongs penetrating the same.

Pivotally mounted upon the bar 11 are the parallel sides 17 of the member 6, the parallel sides terminating to provide the offset portions 18 which are connected by means of the rod 19. The side members 17 are further formed with the extensions 20 at a point approximately the point of juncture of the side members with the handle 7, the extensions 20 being divergently disposed with respect to the terminal ofi'set portions of the members 6, the extensions being connected by means of the rod 21. Arranged transversely between the parallel sides 17 in parallelismwith the rod 21 is the rod 22 which serves to reinforce or brace the said side members. A plurality of cutting elements or knife blades are indicated at 23 and arranged in parallel relation, all of the blades being connected at one end with the rod 19 and suitably spaced by means of the collars 24, while certain of the blades are connected at their upper ends to the rod 21, while the remaining blades are connected at their upper ends to the rod 22, thereby dividing the blades into two separate series, one series being disposed in angular relation to the other. While the every other blade is connected with the rod 22, or in other words the blades are disposed alternately in angular relation. By

.reason of this specific disposition of the blades it will be manifest that one series thereof are permitted to-enter the object to be sliced in advance of the angularly dis posed series with a view of preventing wedging of the object, which would be the result of too many blades entering the object at'the same time.

Briefiy'stated, the use. of the device is as follows: The member 5 is arranged in horizontal position and supported in any suitable manner, and subsequent to the raising of the member 6 together with the blades 23, the vegetable or other article to be sliced is positioned-upon the bracket as shown in Fig. land held immovable thereon by means of the projections 16 in the manner hereinabove described. The member 6 is then lowered, or in other words moved toward the member 5, it being understood that the blades 23 move in the spaces between the strips 13. During the lowering of the member 6 the offset portions 18 move in an arc whereby the 'blades out with a shearing eifect. The .vegetable may be-cut up into pieces of different dimensions-by rearranging the slices when severed from the vegetable upon the bracket and again manipulating the member'6, or the vegetable prior to the initial operation of the member may be cut into one or more pieces, and the pieces singly or collectively arranged upon the bracket as will be readily understood. However when the device is not in use the members 5 and 6 may be folded in the manner shown in Fig. 2. V a

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to this construction, as various changes in both the construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is z- 1. A vegetable slicer comprising a pair of pivoted members, one of said members constituting a base having inwardly directed angularly disposed terminal oflset portions,

the other of said members being pivotallyassociated with said ofi'set portions and mo'vable toward and away from said base, aplurallty of spaced parallel blades carried by said movable member, a bracket supported;

upon said base and'including a series of sub- 7 stantial ly L-shaped strips terminally formed to provlde a'lined eyes, a rod passed through the eyes at one end of the strip and connected with said ofi'set portions, and a second rod passed through the eyes at the opposite ends of said strips and connected with the sides of said member.

2. A vegetable slicer comprising a pair of pivotally connected members, one 0i said members constituting a base, the other member being movable toward and away from said base and having spaced terminal ofl'set portions, a bar connecting said offsets, spaced parallel extensions projecting from said member at a point in its length, a rod connecting said extensions, a transverse rod carried by said movable member and dis'- posed in spaced relation with the rod connecting said extensions, a plurality of blades mounted upon said bar, certain of said blades having their opposite end secured to the rod connecting said extensions, and the members constituting a base, the othermember being movable toward and away from said base, a plurality of spaced parallel blades carried by the said movable member,

said blades being alternately arranged in angular relation, whereby certain of said blades are adapted to enter such vegetable in advance of the other plates, a bracket supported ,upon said base and comprising a series of substantially, L-shaped strips terminally secured to said base, and said strips being spaced to provide blade receiving pas- I sages therebetween.

I In testimony whereof I" aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. f

BRUNO LEWANDOWSKI. Witnesses HARRY EA'roN, LOUIS T. BLACK. 

